Presidential ‘second chance’ initiatives would give inmates assistance after release. But what about those given a virtual life sentence? Kevin Sharp and Kevin Ring, Opinion contributors Our country throws away far too many people. We sentence people to decades in prison; send them to remote, dangerous institutions; forget they exist; then release them from prison […]

They trolled a millionaire dating site to defraud wealthy women, a California lawsuit claims. By Elizabeth Festa Allegations of trolling a millionaire dating site to defraud wealthy women has landed a venture capital company and its officers and directors in the center of a lawsuit alleging securities fraud in California. The firm of Sanford Heisler […]

By: Amanda Brandeis SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A California woman is accusing a San Diego CEO of gaining her trust and then decimating her entire life’s savings. The woman, Marieme Bouguerba, is being represented by San Diego attorney Charles Field, a partner with Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP “She’s devastated. You have a single mother who […]

Suit Alleges Fraud Against an Investor SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP filed an amended complaint today in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego alleging the principals of a San Diego-based venture capital operation VentureMoney Management Co. defrauded an investor out of her life savings. The […]

The relentless pressure to devote more hours to the office hasn’t gone away, even with anti-discrimination laws. By Claire Suddath Nilab Tolton had been working as an associate at the ­international litigation firm Jones Day for five years when she learned she was pregnant. Looking back, Tolton says she knew but also didn’t know—at least […]

By Braden Campbell Law360 (June 11, 2019, 5:47 PM EDT) — A Tennessee federal judge gave a green light Tuesday to a collective action accusing Volkswagen AG of discriminating against older employees, but rejected the workers’ bid for a nationwide collective and instead limited the suit’s scope to VW’s Chattanooga facility. U.S. District Judge Travis […]

The case against Jones Day picks up a Facebook attorney as a plaintiff. By KATHRYN RUBINO Another former Jones Day associate, Jessica Jardine Wilkes, has joined the gender discrimination lawsuit against the firm, bringing the number of plaintiffs in the case to seven. The case was brought by former associates, alleging that the firm’s notorious […]

WHY WE WROTE THIS To defend against lawsuits, schools want courts to make survivors’ names public. But how might the reporting of sexual misconduct be affected if people have to choose between privacy and the pursuit of justice? By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo Staff writer “Jane Doe 2.” “Jane Doe 3.” “S.B.” This is how three […]

Stephanie Russell-Kraft – Special Correspondent Jessica Wilkes has opted-in to the Equal Pay Act claims in suit Wilkes is now an in-house counsel at Facebook Former Jones Day associate Jessica Wilkes, now a product counsel at Facebook, is the first non-named plaintiff to opt-in to a gender discrimination collective action against Jones Day. The lawsuit […]

By Braden Campbell Law360 (June 10, 2019, 5:17 PM EDT) — An in-house Facebook attorney and former Jones Day associate has opted in to a $200 million proposed class and collective action alleging the firm discriminates against women, becoming the third woman to publicly attach her name to the suit. Jessica Jardine Wilkes, whose LinkedIn […]